PSM and PNP being derailed by Gay comments in debate and the media response.

The response given by PSM in last week’s debate was a  reasonable one and never in my wildest dream could I imagine that it would still be something that would have generated so much comments.

PSM said she would review the law, at no point did she said she would repeal it, make any changes, give any commitment  etc, yet up to  she is taking a beating not for what she said, but what persons interpreted her comments to mean.

The church which has been largely silent woke up and started turning up the heat on the party and its leader over her comments, which honestly was a none issue for me.

The gay community actually made matters worse by coming out and seemingly embrace the party’s position and out of a mole hill we now have a mountain. As we draw closer to the finish line, sections the media has sought to keep this alive right down the day of the vote and is so doing have shifted the position of church goers and some of the uncommitted against the party.

The party has tried unsuccessfully to do damage control but it appears to be too late with just two days to go before the elections.

How on earth did such a none issue become a pivotal issue on the eve of the election, its certainly beats the heck out of me. With so much more important fundamental issues at play, we have made this issue a factor in the outcome of the upcoming polls, very disappointing !

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/jamaica-activist-criticizes-anti-gay-rhetoric-by-govt-candidates-in-leadup-to-tight-elections/2011/12/27/gIQAjeC3KP_story.html

The bold prediction – JLP 34 vs PNP 29 !

The Gleaner via the Bill Johnson Poll is making a very bold prediction today, which shows the PNP having the majority votes but a possible JLP victory in terms of the number of seats.

This is the first media house or opinion poll, to have made any such prediction, but as many will say ” it aint over until its over baby”. The electorate will speak in two days time and we shall all see.

Safe JLP

1. West Kingston (Desmond McKenzie)
2. North Central St Andrew (Karl Samuda)
3. North East St Andrew (Delroy Chuck)
4. North West St Andrew (Derrick Smith)
5. West Central St Andrew (Andrew Holness)
6. West Portland (Daryl Vaz)
7. West St Thomas (James Robertson)
8. West St Mary (Robert Montague)
9. Central St Catherine (Olivia Grange)
10. North East St Catherine (Gregory Mair)
11. South Central St Catherine (Dr Andrew Wheatley)
12. South West St Catherine (Everald Warmington)
13. West Central St Catherine (Dr Ken Baugh)
14. North East St Ann (Shahine Robinson)
15. South West St Ann (Ernest Smith)
16. Central Clarendon (Mike Henry)
17. South East Clarendon (Rudyard Spencer)
18. North East Manchester (Audley Shaw)
19. South Trelawney (Marisa Dalrymple Philibert)
20. South West St Elizabeth (Dr Christopher Tufton)
21. St James Central (Heroy Clarke)
22. St James East central (Edmund Bartlett)
23. St James North West (Dr Horace Chang)
Marginal but should go to the JLP

1. East Rural St Andrew (Joan Gordon Webley)
2. Eastern St Andrew (Dr Saphire Longmore)
3. West Rural St Andrew (Andrew Gallimore)
4. East Central St Catherine (Camile Buchanan)
5. North West St Ann (Othneil Lawrence)
6. North Central Clarendon (Pearnel Charles)
7. North West Clarendon (Michael Stern)
8. North West St Elizabeth (J.C. Hutchinson)
9. South East St Elizabeth (Franklyn Witter)
10. Eastern Hanover (Paula Kerr-Jarrett)
11. West Central St James (Clive Mullings)

Safe PNP

1. Central Kingston (Ronald Thwaites)
2. East Kingston and Port Royal (Philip Paulwell)
3. South West St Andrew (Portia Simpson Miller)
4. Western St Andrew (Anthony Hylton)
5. South St Andrew (Dr Omar Davies)
6. East Central St Andrew (Dr Peter Phillips)
7. East St Thomas (Dr Fenton Ferguson)
8. Central St Mary (Dr Morais Guy)
9. Eastern St Catherine (Denise Daley)
10. North Central St Catherine (Natalie Neita Headley)
11. North West St Catherine (Robert Pickersgill)
12. South St Catherine (Fitz Jackson)
13. South East St Ann (Lisa Hanna)
14. South West Clarendon (Noel Arscott)
15. North West Manchester (Mikhael Phillips)
16. North Trelawny (Patrick Atkinson)
17. Central Westmoreland (Roger Clarke)
18. Western Westmoreland (Dr Wykeham McNeill)
19. Eastern Westmoreland (Luther Buchanan)
20. North East St Elizabeth (Raymond Pryce)
Marginal but should go to the PNP

1. South East St Andrew (Julian Robinson)
2. East Portland (Dr Linval Bloomfield)
3. South East St Mary (Dr Winston Green)
4. South East St Catherine (Colin Fagan)
5. North Clarendon (Horace Dalley)
6. Central Manchester (Peter Bunting)
7. South Manchester (Michael Peart)
8. South St James (Derrick Kellier)
9. West Hanover (Ian Hayles)

Courtesy : Jamaica Gleaner

Portia nows says ” Jamaica Queen” statement was a joke.

Reading from a document in which Bruce Golding made reference to  a ” Jamaica Queen” in parliament, Portia is lamenting the fact that she has been given the “stick” for her statement. She has questioned why persons in the media have been drawn to her statement and has poured scorn on her, while the same approach was not taken when Bruce made the reference in parliament.

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